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Hi All,

Just thougt I'd share my experience...

I wanted to give my car a freshen up, as the paint want in the best nick and was annoying me. So after some research and the help of SAU I found Vu (evilsub) from DT Panels in Springvale.

Went down to see him and chatted about what I wanted and what his thoughts were about the car and got the ball rolling. I have to say that dealing with Vu was a pleasure, its good to finally meet someone in the car business who's not a money hungry idiot for once. Everything was exactly as he said it would be, and I think they did an amazing job.

My car was black.... and I decided to change it to VW R32 Deep Pearl Blue and added GTR front bar, as I didnt want anything too wild, also decided I'd get rid of the spoiler while I was at it.

Anyways,

Here are some pics of the whole thing,

This is before - kinda looks like its good for parts!

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During...

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After

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The first cruise - we went through Black Spur King Lake area - It was awesome!

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Thanks again Vu!

What do you think?

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Looks awesome! Vu and the team down at DT Panels do great work every time!

In fact my car is down there right now getting the DT treatment :D I'm going to pick it up later today woohoo!

I'd recommend people who are looking for work done go to speak with Vu because he's a real perfectionist with his work and shares a love of cars like us too ;)

CEF11E Haha - told you they would look ok :P

I've seen that blue GTR in the Dandenong area, thats not me though, in the flesh my car is darker, thats more a bayside blue (and not a GTR :down: )

Thanks for the comments, when I went to pick the car up my jaw just fell open... I was like um wow

As for Vu doing it all for so cheap, I dunno either, but i'll keep seeing him while his work is this good!

Cheers

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